One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Friday, 31 October 2003

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DVD-Audio Council Releases Over 70 Titles for the Holidays

Los Angeles (November 3, 2003)--Just in time for the holiday season, participants of the DVD-Audio Council are set to release more than 70 DVD-Audio titles. [ProSound News]

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Updated: 900 PM EST FRI OCT 31 2003

18 °C
Mostly Clear

Humidity: 77%
Wind Speed: SW 10 MPH
Barometer: 1017 mb
Dewpoint: 14°C
Heat Index: 18°C
Wind Chill: 17°C

Crazy or what? The mildest Hallowe'en I can remember. Wonderful for the kids . . . and their parents.

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Across Europe and the Middle East, young militant Muslim men are answering a call to join the fight against the American-led occupation in Iraq. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

We told you so, moron.

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iStopMotion developer Boinx Software has released iRecordNow, a software application that enables users of Apple's iSight Webcam to record video. [MacCentral]

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Online: Microsoft approached Google, the internet search engine, two months ago to discuss a partnership or even a merger, it has emerged. [Guardian Unlimited]

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World: After its second mix up over countries in a week, the Pentagon has apologised to the president of Romania for decorating his table with a Russian flag. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Past notes: A radio dramatisation of H G Wells' The War of the

Worlds caused a wave of panic in the US on October 31 1938. Here is how the Manchester Guardian reported the news. [Guardian Unlimited] 'A wireless audience of the entire nation was fooled to a considerable extent in spite of repeated announcements during the broadcast that the drama was purely fictional.'

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Netnotes: As Halloween looms it's time to get out the sharp knives. Here's our guide to everyone's favourite squash. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Kamato Hongo, a Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest living person, has died aged 116. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Senators examining pre-war intelligence on Iraq give the Bush administration until later on Friday to hand over vital files. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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House and Senate negotiators say they are seriously discussing proposals to allow imports of less expensive prescription drugs from Canada. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Glad to help.

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All I can say is check out the Network Preference Pane and go to Network Port Configurations.

[robg adds: And I'll add a bit more ... click on New, and you can then select "Built-in FireWire" and add it to use IP over FireWi... [macosxhints]

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Apologies if this is common knowledge, but the new finder in Panther is AppleScript recordable. I don't think it was in Jaguar...

[robg adds: It may be common knowledge, but I sure don't remember it being discussed by Apple... [macosxhints]

Hurray!

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Surveying current music downloading services, David Pogue concludes in the New York Times, “The best music store-jukebox is Apple’s iTunes, for a list of reasons as long as a Wagner opera. Its copying policies are by far the most liberal: unlimited iPod copies, unlimited burns to CD as long as you rearrange the song order after every 10 copies, easy re-authorizing. It’s the only service to offer pleasant extras like audio books (5,000), spending limits (are you listening, parents of teenagers?) and gift certificates.” [Oct 30] [Apple Hot News]

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